Fourteen years after the evacuation of Migron, Israeli families have returned to the site. For the first time, it can officially be reported that approximately one year ago, the Binyamin Regional Council, through the Binyamin Development Company, established the “Migron Agricultural Farm” in Upper Migron—a new agricultural community where several families now live. The council chose not to disclose the move until now, seeking first to complete the project. On Thursday, with the site connected to the electricity grid, the return to Migron was officially revealed.
1+Migron became a symbol of Israeli Supreme Court intervention in Jewish communities in 2012, when the court ordered the complete evacuation of the community for the first time and rejected a compromise reached between the government and residents. Following the ruling, dozens of families were evicted and the community’s homes were demolished. Residents were relocated to a new community established for them on the outskirts of the Migron ridge, near the Mikhmas Crossing.
Now, 14 years after the evacuation, Upper Migron was connected to the electricity grid Thursday, after families spent approximately a year living at the site without power. The land purchases and development of the new community were carried out through the Binyamin Development Company, led by CEO Eldad Ben Zamra, with assistance from Noam Party MK Avi Maoz, who supported and helped advance the initiative. The community is strategically located along Route 60 between Shiloh and Sha’ar Binyamin. Alongside the homes, agricultural activity is being conducted to preserve the land and strengthen Israel’s presence in the area.
1+Binyamin Regional Council head and Yesha Council Chairman Israel Ganz hailed the development as the closing of a historic circle. “Today, we are closing a historic circle,” Ganz said. “In the place where homes were demolished and families were uprooted, there is once again a community, families and life. For a year, they lived here without electricity and protected land that was legally purchased, and today the light returns to Migron,” he continued.
“Together with the Israeli government, we are correcting the injustices of the past and leading a major surge in construction, development and communities. Thank you to Eldad Ben Zamra and the Binyamin Development Company, who resolutely led the land purchase and development of the site. We will continue to strengthen the Israeli presence, develop the region and build the future of the communities in Binyamin,” Ganz concluded.